Zion United Church of Christ Weekly Newsletter
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October 18, 2013
In This Issue
Welcome New Members!
Love Across the Spectrum
A Place at the Table
We Need Your Ideas
Great Month WOW Wagon!
Birthdays
Prayer Concerns
This Week at Zion
Quicklinks

New Members

Welcome to all of our new (and returning) members.  On Sunday we welcomed (left to right) Bertie, Bob, Jennifer, Nathan, Thomas, Alice, Marty, Gail, and Konrad into our church family at Zion.  So good to see Zion grow!

"Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. For we were all baptized by one Spirit so as to form one body . . . . Even so the body is not made up of one part but of many. (1 Cor 12-14 NIV)

Love Across the Spectrum

Zion is a sponsor of Love Across the Spectrum, an Ohio Wesleyan conference designed to give voice to the lives and stories of LGBT persons and their allies from various Christian traditions engaged in journey we all call faith. Come and hear the powerful witness of the Holy Spirit in action. Come and see the incredible work of these faithful witnesses within the Kingdom of God. Please see Pastor Pete for registration details.


 
 A Place At The Table
 
Take your place at the table in the fight to end hunger.  On Wednesday October 30 Zion will be the site for a public screening of A Place at the Table, an acclaimed documentary on the systemic causes of hunger in this country.  Zion is in partnership with Ohio Wesleyan University, Andrews House, the Delaware County Hunger Alliance and others in bringing this important statement to the larger Delaware Community.

The showing will be in our sanctuary at 6:30 on this date.  Please plan to attend.  Bring your friends! Visit www.takepart.com/table for more information.

What to Do?

No doubt you have noticed something different about our church grounds.  Yes, we have said goodbye to our former parsonage and garage. They served us well. What now to do with that space?

We welcome your suggestions.  A Memorial Garden? More parking? Green space?  Now that our beautiful church is properly exposed, how might we feature the building with additional signage and lighting? 

We know you will have great ideas.  We will be engaging in a congregational conversation on the use of this space.  Please join us!

 

            We Sure Fed         
        the WOW Wagon! 
           122 Pounds in 
             September!!
 
We are rapidly approaching our goal of 1,000 pounds of food and taxable items this year. To date, we have donated 798 pounds.  We can do this! You Rock Zion!

 

(this month the wagon is hungry for Baked Beans,

Ramen Noodles and Canned Meats.)
          
Birthdays!!!

October 24 
Rose Ann Haynes

October 25 
Pastor Pete

 
Immediate Prayer Concerns
 
Pat Pressler                          Sandy Nichols                    
Wendy Bell                           Jim Moore (Dan's Uncle)  
Jill Glass and Family              Tom Bordner           
Gary Zicht                            Bob and Sherry Bailey       
Lisa Parks                            Caroline Walker                 Katie Cahill                           Missy Fouts-Hooker        
Barbara Martin                      Barbara Patterson
Ann and Jerry Elliott              Rusty and Kay Lundy
Dan Sprague                        Family of Linda Fields
Shirlely Keesee                     The Bob Crest Family               
                          

This Week at Zion

On Sunday, the message will be Who Prays These Days?  Our Old Testament reading is Jeremiah 31:27-34 and our Gospel Lesson this week is Luke 18:1-8. 

Pastor Pete                                 Zion Church
740.513.1440                                740.362.6691
pastorpete@uccdelaware.com          zion@uccdelaware.com 
 
             
Voices of Zion
Wednesday October 23.  6:00.
 
Zion Handbell Choir
Wednesday October 23.  7:00.
 
Mobile Food Market
1st and 3rd Mondays.  Eagles Parking Lot.  11:30.


This Sunday's Worship Service
Liturgist
Mike Newcomb

Acolyte
David Powell
                                 
Greeters  
Jeanette Morris
Carol Moffett
 
Nursery
Melissa Peterson
 
Sunday School.  Nikol Stout and Grace Fuchs
 
Fellowship Hour and Flowers. Nancy and Chuck Townley
 
(Please let Betsy Johnson know if you are able to provide refreshments during November.  Thank You!)